Amid demands to ensure vaccination of children before the reopening of schools in the country, the Government on Thursday said there is neither any scientific validation for such conditions nor any WHO recommendation for it. But, it said, it is actively working for the scientific validation of vaccines for potential use in children.
Niti Aayog Member (Health) Dr. VK Paul said this criterion (vaccinating children for reopening schools) was not acceptable anywhere in the world. “Vaccinating children is not a condition for reopening schools. This criterion is not acceptable anywhere in the world, no scientific body, epidemiological evidence suggests it as a condition...However, vaccination of staff is desirable,” Dr. Paul said at a press conference of the Union Health Ministry on Thursday.
Dr. Paul said the government is “actively working” in the direction of scientific validation of the vaccines for potential use in children.
Only a few nations have introduced vaccination for children, no WHO recommendation for it...Govt is working actively in direction of scientific validation of our vaccines for potential use in children.